Urgent requirement for a body for the 'Stork' and 'Heron' chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 183\M22\ img242 | |
| Date | 6th January 1923 | |
| To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BODIES FOR STORK(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes) & HERON(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG6.1.23. BODIES FOR "STORK(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes)" AND "HERON(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo)". We consider it is very urgent that we should order a body suitable for the Stork(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes) or Heron(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) chassis. We are hoping to take one of these cars to Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) whilst R. {Sir Henry Royce} is there and we think the whole thing will be spoilt if we do not have a satisfactory body. The sales people in London say that it will take 3 months to make the body. Could you please arrange to set out the main dimensions of a suitable body so that it could be put in hand at once. We should like to hear from you as to what can be done. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).